Emergency Medicine (EM) is a rapidly expanding and stimulating specialty concentrated upon the urgent initial diagnosis and treatment of acute illness and injury. The specialty of EM is recognised internationally and started in USA in the 1950’s when physicians realised that the initial management of accidents and emergencies needed to be supervised by senior doctors to improve the outcome of the first few critical hours of a patient’s Emergency treatment. AFEM (The African Federation for Emergency Medicine) was founded in 2009 bringing together Emergency Medicine Specialist societies from South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana and Ethiopia.
This new discipline of Emergency Medicine concentrates upon the urgent diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury to improve the outcome of the first few critical hours of a patient’s Emergency treatment.
The need for specially trained staff to improve Emergency care in Uganda has been recognised at National level in the Ministry of Health. Infectious diseases have been reduced and controlled, but the rising disease burden from... Show more
Emergency Medicine (EM) is a rapidly expanding and stimulating specialty concentrated upon the urgent initial diagnosis and treatment of acute illness and injury. The specialty of EM is recognised internationally and started in USA in the 1950’s when physicians realised that the initial management of accidents and emergencies needed to be supervised by senior doctors to improve the outcome of the first few critical hours of a patient’s Emergency treatment. AFEM (The African Federation for Emergency Medicine) was founded in 2009 bringing together Emergency Medicine Specialist societies from South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana and Ethiopia.
This new discipline of Emergency Medicine concentrates upon the urgent diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury to improve the outcome of the first few critical hours of a patient’s Emergency treatment.
The need for specially trained staff to improve Emergency care in Uganda has been recognised at National level in the Ministry of Health. Infectious diseases have been reduced and controlled, but the rising disease burden from injury and heart disease and stroke will have profound implications for the way Ugandan Health system is organised. Emergency Medicine will be key player in coordinating and initiating treatment. The development of medical training is part of an overall development plan from the Ministry of Health which also has started a National Ambulance service, and prevent injury and illness at village and health centre as well as transfer critically ill patients to new improved Emergency Departments in District and Referral Hospitals. This is to save lives of Ugandans with urgent medical illnesses and accidents. Ugandan Police have revealed that the number of victims of Road Traffic accidents has risen from 992 in 1993 to over 16,000 in 2013.
Our department has a great team of dedicated tutors with a wide range of experience. We have four full time local faculty emergency physicians supported by at least six international emergency physicians from the US, UK and Australia. The program prepares residents to become clinical, academic, and service leaders in the field of emergency medicine. To produce highly competent Emergency Physicians, we use a combination of up-to-date academic delivery modes such as simulation, bedside teaching, journal clubs, case presentations, didactics, and others.
Our faculty serves as attending physicians at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, an approximately 350-bed hospital which is the university’s primary teaching hospital. It is the largest teaching and referral hospital for south western Uganda, currently serving a population of over four million people around south western Uganda. The hospital also receives patients from neighboring countries like Rwanda and Tanzania
I invite you to look through these pages and learn more about us, our department and our programs. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need additional information.
Dr. Prisca Kizito
WELCOME NOTE FROM CHIEF RESIDENT
On behalf of the residents I welcome you to the Department of Emergency Medicine website. As you learn more about the department and what we offer, I hope you also get more insight on student life in Mbarara University specifically as an EM student. Please contact us in case you need more information. Mbarara is a wonderful city for a resident to live in. We have many of the amenities that major cities have to offer restaurants, hostels, hangout places. Beyond the city itself, the people involved with our program really make it a unique and meaningful place to live and learn emergency medicine. As we begin our search for the class of 2022, we invite you to take a moment and explore our website and consider the Mbarara University of Science and Technology as an option for your Emergency Medicine training. We look forward to getting to know all of our new residents and play a part in their professional growth in the coming years.
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